The great Exodus of the IT & Media-the people in Chiang Mai

Some Oldies Habra still remember my post "do you Want a co-working in Thailand?". For 3 years in Chiang Mai has been great and interesting changes: there appeared a critical mass initiative of Russian it professionals who are hungry for change.

Recently Chiang Mai was organized by the Russian CNX Business Club is a public organization that selflessly helps professionals in the field of IT & Media to stay in town, claiming the title of one of the IT centres in South-East Asia. I'll tell you more attractive than the city.

Comfortable here:
the

the
• adequate neighbors
the
• fresh food
the
• 10Mbps
the
• 300 Sunny days a year
the
• has the opportunity to be outdoors at any time and not to leave without special necessity, without a job
the
• to drive the car with an open top the motorcycle

And also:
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the
• is it safe (both for life and for the purse)
the
• have high-quality and affordable medicine
the
• is the electricity (99.997% uptime)
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• gas
the
• is clean drinking water
the
• hot water without outages :)

For creative techno-personalities is not easily accessible, efficient infrastructure that facilitates the everyday life:
the

the
• 3G+mobile Internet

a dozen Apple Store, evenly distributed across the landscape in 3 pieces per sq. km. the

• convenience stores and food delivery service
the
• variety of restaurants and bars of different specificity within walking distance
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• the ability to change the "image" without effort (for example to whip the sea for the weekend to think about it)
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• extremely polite and well-mannered staff even in the most remote places

Not to be cold, the city is ideally located in a mountain valley on the 18th parallel of the Northern hemisphere, at an altitude of 400 meters above sea level. That was not noisy — it's inhabited by only 150,000 people. To clean there include partly cloudy.

Not to be bored — during the day you can use any of the 20 flight on the coast.

And the city has 3 universities, 2 Polytechnic Institute, 3 specialized colleges, several tens of secondary schools and language schools and some monstrous number of art studios, galleries and art cafes with free Wi-Fi. The weekend features several mountain lakes with a Scandinavian landscapes, tropical waterfalls with clean water (sanitary-epidemiological point of view), hot springs, and half a dozen Golf courses, where the price starts from $30 for 9 holes (for beginners).

And Yes, there is such a strange pattern — 60% of Europeans to the pension age are employed in IT business (all others teach). By the way, in the Central part of the city 30% of the population are immigrants from Europe or their descendants.

Technical parameters of residence:
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• 3 bedroom house (150 sqm) — from $400 per month.
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• separately paid electricity, Internet, water, utilities — $100 In the village there is a swimming pool, restaurant, tennis courts, gym.
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• within a 5-10 minute drive to 5 major shopping centre (like “Mega” or “Ramstor”).
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• $50 for two (with dinner at a nice restaurant)
the
• $20 for two (with dinner at a conventional restaurant)

Visa
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the
• without a visa — 1 month (only the Russians, free of charge, unlimited number of punches)
the
• tourist visa up to 6 months (not more than 3 visas in a row)
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• student visa — 1 year with possibility of extension without leaving the country for 6 years (from $700 per year)
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• business visa — 1 year with possibility of extension without leaving the country ($2500 per Yur.once a person + $65 for a visa every year and pay a lawyer/accountant for the conduct of cases)
the
• work visa — 1 year with possibility of extension (lots of options)

A ticket to the sea (a sudden desire):
$60 one way on average (prices from $20 to $300 depending on class and airline).

Where to go for advice and support:
CNX Business Club — www.facebook.com/CNXBC, every Friday webinars and live broadcasts on the subject in Russian.

PS by the Way, has already appeared business proposal from the project, the creators of which are included in CNX Business Club.



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City view from the mountain:


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Article based on information from habrahabr.ru